Trino Data Center (ex Galileo Ferraris power plant)
AI dedicatedOperated by Techbau · Trino, Piemonte, IT2 srcupdated 5d ago
A hyperscale campus proposed by Italian developer Techbau on the site of the decommissioned Enel Galileo Ferraris thermoelectric plant at Trino, Vercelli. Reporting on 24 July 2026 put capacity at 300-400 MW (upper bound recorded here) and investment near EUR 4bn, with the services conference to open by end-2026, unified authorisation expected during 2027 and a first section operational by end-2028. The Italian government declared the project of pre-eminent strategic national interest and appointed an extraordinary commissioner for permitting.
Compared to peers
Compared with 5 peer facilities in IT.
- Capacity (MW)
- 4002×+ above median
- median 120 · p95 300
- Supplier coverage
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- median 0 · p75 0
- Announce → online lag
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Permits
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Sources (2)
- newsTrino accende il motore dell'Ai. Piemonte hub dei data center2026.7.24
- newsWeekly Data Centre News - 29th May 20262026.5.29
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